Foer i tiden ble den regnet for an fullgaard med 1 skpd. 19 lpd. salt og 4 skinn

English translation: naval ton, true pound, liespund

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Norwegian term or phrase:Foer i tiden ble den regnet for an fullgaard med 1 skpd. 19 lpd. salt og 4 skinn
English translation:naval ton, true pound, liespund
Entered by: EileenF

20:48 Aug 8, 2011
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
History / Farming in the 1600s
Norwegian term or phrase: Foer i tiden ble den regnet for an fullgaard med 1 skpd. 19 lpd. salt og 4 skinn
Looking for measurements: skpd and lpd. I know that spd means "speciedalar" - an old Norwegian currency but that doesn't help.
EileenF
Local time: 16:54
naval ton, true pound, liespund
Explanation:
http://www.metrum.org/measures/european.htm

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippund

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lispund

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemina...

Some equivalents - although the terms used seem to change depending on the era and who wrote what. You might also consider the latin in this case too.

Skippund - navale talentum - naval ton

lispund - liuonicum talentum - liespund/lispund

skålpund - true pound
Selected response from:

Jande
Australia
Local time: 07:54
Grading comment
Tusen takk, Jande.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +1naval ton, true pound, liespund
Jande
Summary of reference entries provided
Some old measurements
Vedis Bjørndal

Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
naval ton, true pound, liespund


Explanation:
http://www.metrum.org/measures/european.htm

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippund

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lispund

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-352-1/dissemina...

Some equivalents - although the terms used seem to change depending on the era and who wrote what. You might also consider the latin in this case too.

Skippund - navale talentum - naval ton

lispund - liuonicum talentum - liespund/lispund

skålpund - true pound

Jande
Australia
Local time: 07:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Tusen takk, Jande.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vedis Bjørndal
22 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


35 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Some old measurements

Reference information:
This might help you find an English translation

Example sentence(s):
  • 1 skippund (skpd) = 20 lispund = 320 pund = 159,40 kg. 1 lispund (lpd) = 16 pund = 7,9698 kg

    Reference: http://www.stovnerporten.no/kommentar_a/skylda.htm
Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Native speaker of: Norwegian

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Leif Henriksen: Yup - this is probably it.
29 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search